Hat-pin.



P. RISSMANN.

HAT PIN.

APPLIOATION IILED MAR. 6, 1911.

Patented Dec. 19, 1911.

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PAUL RISSMANN, 0F SAGINAW, MICHIGAN.

HAT-PIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 6, 1911.

Patented Dec. 19, 1911.

Serial No. 612,703. a

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PAUL RISSMANN, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, resid ing at Saginaw, in the county of Saginaw and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat- Pins; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to hat pins and the object of the invention is to provide means for securing the hat to the hair of the wearer, whereby the hat is drawn down and held securely at each side of the crown of the head, and also includes means for easily and quickly fastening the hat in place and for quickly releasing it.

WVith these and certain other objects in view, which will appear later in the specifications, my improvement consists in the devices described in the specification and claim and the mechanical equivalents thereof.

In the drawings, Figure 1 shows a perspective view of my improved hat pin, the contour of the crown of the hat to which it is applied being indicated by dotted lines; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the device; Fig. 3 is a detail showing the extension device; and Fig. i is a side view of a preferred form of one of the fasteners.

As is clearly shown in the drawings, the device consists in a bar or tube 1 adapted to be rotatably mounted in the crown of the hat and capable of being turned by means of a hat pin or ornament 2 outside. The tube 1 carries one or more hooks, as 3 or 3, but preferably of the shape shown at 3 in Fig. 4 and adapted when the tube 1 is revolved, to pass under the hair of the wearer and upon being further revolved, to draw the tube 1 down close to the crown of the head, as indicated at A and B of Fig. 4, this by reason of the shape of the hook.

To release the hat pin from the hair it is only necessary to revolve the ornament 2 and the tube 1 in the reverse direction until the hooks have drawn out from the strands of hair. The hat may then be removed.

It is desirable to provide means for increasing or decreasing the length of the pin, not only to suit crowns of diii'erent widths,

but also to permit the sides of the crown to be pushed in or drawn out at the will of the wearer while the hat is in use. To admit of this adjustment of the pin I prefer to make the tube 1 shorter than the width of the crown so that it can be readily inserted between the sides of the crown. A pin 4 is pushed through or otherwise secured to one wall 5 of the crown. The pin may have an ornamental head 6 provided with prongs 7 which are also pushed through the wall of the crown and are clenched on the inside by being bent over, as shown in full lines in Fig. 1. Sometimes it is desirable to have only one ornament at the side of the crown and in such case I provide the pin ,4 with an enlarged flat end 14 which can be sewed to the inside of the crown, as shown at 5, Fig. 2.

The means for adjusting the length of the pin is shown in Figs. 1 and 3, in which the tube 1 is slotted as at 11, and a bar 9 provided with an extension 12 and having an upturned or enlarged end 13 is slidably received therein. The end 13 acts as a stop to prevent extension 12 from being pulled out of tube 1.

It will be understood that my invention may be made of any suitable material, and that the shape of the hooks may be varied as desired. They may be round in cross-section, or half round, or flat, as indicated in Fig. 3.

By the means above described I have produced a hat pin that is simple in construction, that is easily applied to or removed from the hat and has no dangerous projecting points. When the pin is turned, the hat is drawn close down to the head of the wearer and fits firmly and snugly, not only preventing up-and-down movement of the hat crown but also effectually preventing forward and backward or sidewise movement. The pin is also automatically adjustable in width to suit various widths of crown.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a hat pin, the combination with a longitudinally slotted tube adapted to be revolubly mounted in the crown of a hat, a plurality of hooks secured to the tube, an extension bar adapted to be secured to the Wall of the hat and slidably received in one In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature end of said tube, one end of said bar being in presence of two Witnesses.

upturned and slidably received in the slot of T the tube; together with 21 pin adapted to PAUL RISSMANA' pass through the opposite side of the hat, Witnesses:

said pin having its end received in one end CHRISTINE A. BRAIDEL,

of said tube. GEO. W. SMITH.

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